This is the largest storage of carbon on the mainland
Journalist Jelle Brandt Corstius and photographer Jeroen Toirkens guest at M
The boreal forests are northern forests stretched across America, Asia and Europe. Together larger than the Amazon! The Amazon is also called the right lung of the Earth. May we call the boreal forests the left lung? Journalist Jelle Brandt Corstius and photographer Jeroen Toirkens travelled the world for four years in search of stories that they have now combined in a book and an exhibition: Borealis - Life in the Woods. They tell M about their special trip.
Photo Museum in The Hague the major exhibition Borealis — Life in the Woods in
The importance of forests on our planet has never been as clear as it is now. It is the trees that filter the enormous emissions of CO2 from our atmosphere and thus make an important contribution to the fight against climate change. Photographer Jeroen Toirkens (1971) and journalist and television maker Jelle Brandt Corstius (1978) have visited the forests of the so-called boreal zone for the past four years in search of the stories of these forests and the people they inhabit. As the effects of climate change are increasingly visible and felt, it is important to tell these stories. The statues of Toirkens testify to the ancient mythical attraction of the forests, but also show the ways in which the inhabitants of the boreal zone treat and protect their habitat. The major exhibition Borealis — Life in the Woods covers all eight chapters of the project: from lumberjacks in Norway, scientific research in Japan and new plantings in Scotland to the personal finishing of Toirkens and Brandt Corstius in Alaska.
Picture book - Travel story Borealis - Trees and people of the northern forest
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